Landau and Matalon to Visit 'Suckers' Tent

Energy and Water Minister Uzi Landau and Member of Knesset Moshe Matalon (Yisrael Beiteinu) are scheduled, Friday morning, to visit a tent set up by opponents to the government's proposed renewal of the Tal Law, which grants military deferments to draft-age yeshiva students.

The party's Knesset faction issued a statement, saying "the faction is determined toresist anyfurther extensionofTal Lawboth in the Knessetand inany other placewhere the law is discussed.Non-extension ofthe lawisa golden opportunityto arrangea new realityin Israel, in which allstrata and sectorswill take part inthe burden ofobligations imposed oncitizens."